Ottawa Starts 1992 With Jobs Housing Boom
Ottawa opens 1992 on optimistic notes with Fashion Inc. of Lenexa moving into the former Beacon Plastics site in Industrial Park. Lonnie King says 80 jobs will start by mid May after remodeling 8,000 square feet for roll forming, sheet metal and structural work. RPI Services renovates the North American Hotel into Courthouse Square Apartments, 26 one bedroom units for seniors. New home construction tops 16 single-family and five multi family starts, plus mobile home permits and commercial permits, signaling a housing upturn in Franklin County.
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Ottawa
Fashion Inc
Lenexa
Beacon Plastics
Lonnie King
Fashion
RPI Services Inc
St. Paul
Franklin County
Jim Hitch
Go get em Pat Roberts Brickball in Congress
Veteran Kansas congressman Pat Roberts escalates confrontations with House Democrats over committee agendas and spending. He targets Rose and leadership, questions unpaid bills and campaign finance, and vows more aggressive moves as he aims to force scrutiny and action in Congress.
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Herald
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Big
Washington
Charlie Rose
D-N.c
House Administration Committee
Roberts
House Agriculture
Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture
Rose
North Carolina
Senate
Bob Dole
Agriculture
Edward Madigan
House Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Legislative Branch
Dole
Topeka Capital-Journal
Gunnery auction promises rare historic firearms and artifacts
At the Dale Weien gun auction this Sunday at the 1 35 and K 68 site, more than 350 guns from private collections will draw collectors from several states. Highlights include Kentucky squirrel rifles, plains rifles, 50 Express and other rare calibers, unusual pieces like a boarding gun and a parlor gun, Civil War and pirate era arms, engraved Colts, Winchester models, mule cars, and commemoratives from Marine Corps to John Wayne.
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Jim Hitch
Herald
Dale Weien
Wesen
David Yellow Horse
Economic blame south of the border
Danville workers at Valmont Electric face a 40 percent pay cut and benefits loss with a three-year wage freeze or job loss to Mexico. By 1993 many may be unemployed as factories relocate to Juarez and maquiladora plants expand. The piece argues trade policy must curb offshore job shifting and protect American workers.
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Danville
Valmont Electric
Mexico
U.S
Valmont
Juarez
Afl-Cio
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Maquiladora
United States
William Kennedy Smith
Palm Beach
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John Wayne
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King
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